Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems, the official journal of EUROPAD (European Opiate Addiction Treatment Association), is a peer-reviewed publication for professionals wanting to stay informed of research and opinion on opioid misuse treatment in Europe and around the world. A particular emphasis is on medication-assisted treatments for opioid addiction. Articles in the March issue include:

How should methadone and buprenorphine treatment be organized and regulated? A comparison between two systems in the context of a EUROPAD Conference in Brussels

Heroin addicts’ psychopathological subtypes. Correlations with the natural history of illness

Profile of an addict, or, beyond the addiction mask

Factors associated with discharge against medical advice from an alcohol and drug inpatient detoxification unit in Barcelona between 1993 and 2006

A compartmental model for the pharmacokinetics of heroin and its metabolites in man

The state of the art regarding heroin addicts in prisons in Slovenia during the period from 1990 to 2008